Welcome to Smith & Smith, Brain Injury Claims
Brain injuries are life-changing for victims and their families. The severity of impairment and long term outcome is difficult or impossible to predict. The emotional impact cannot be quantified. Although it may not be the first thing on your mind while you are trying to heal or care for an injured loved one, the financial impact of brain injury can be devastating as well. If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury due to someone else’s negligence or wrong doing, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses. You need the help of an experienced brain injury attorney.
Why You Need an Experienced Brain Injury Attorney
Brain injuries can be difficult to recognize and to understand. People living with brain injury can appear completely normal and unaffected, when they are actually very impaired and very changed. Attorneys who do not have experience with brain injuries do not always know what to look for in the evidence to understand how a brain injury could have happened. A blow to the head is not necessary.
Brain injuries and the disabilities they can cause are difficult to prove:
- Symptoms may come and go.
- Life-altering effects such as drastic personality changes, memory loss, and depression do not yield hard and fast evidence.
- Damage to the brain typically does not show up in common diagnostic testing.
- It is common for brain injury victims to have no memory of the event during which the brain was injured.
- Serious brain injuries can occur with no visible head wound and little or no loss of consciousness.
An experienced brain injury attorney knows what kind of medical tests to consider and what kind of evidence will be meaningful in your case. He knows how to understand the evidence and how to communicate its meaning to the laypersons in the jury.
Damages in Brain Injury Claims
If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury you may be entitled to compensation for:
- Medical expenses, including future medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Lost earning capacity
- Long-term care
- Disability
- Rehabilitation and therapy
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of companionship
- Wrongful death
If you or a loved one is living with brain injury, please call or contact us. The initial consultation is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.